Devil in form of woman. Lures man

Motif

Devil in form of woman. Lures man.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.3.1.12

Scholars’ trail — 5 references (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth *Cross
Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 554ff., 762, 801, 834ff.
Italian Novella *Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Loomis White Magic 75

Within the index

Filed under The devil in human form.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Devil in form of woman lures and punishes women. Introduces men disguised as women to seduce impious nuns Devil as a beautiful young woman seduces man Devil appears as a beautiful black wench Devil appears as old woman to seduce monk from cloister Devil (in queen's form) insatiable, although she copulates with all men and horses

Filed beside it

Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of food The devil as a large, strong man The devil as a well-dressed gentleman The devil as a distinguished-looking knight Devil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.) The devil as a little, gray old man The devil as a black man Devil as a huntsman Devil in form of priest Devil in form of pilgrim Devil as a peasant Devil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying man Devil as cook Devil as student Devil appears as a Jew Devil appears as a child

Carried in tale types

Devils Tempt the Pope · ATU 816* 1 recorded variant

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